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(2) A grievance, thwarting of justice: 枉屈 (suffer) a wrong.
屈指 bend one's fingers in counting;
屈指已三月 it's already three months (on counting);
指不勝屈 innumerable.
(2) To bend in submission: 屈伏 [qU1fu2]↓;
屈辱 [qU1ru4]↓;
威武不能屈 will not submit to force;
忠勇不屈，不屈不撓 indomitable heart of loyalty;
志不可屈 indomitable will or ambition;
屈節 change loyalty;
大丈夫能屈能伸 a great man knows when to yield and when not.
(3) To crouch, be in an inferior or uncomfortable position: 屈居人下 to occupy an inferior position;
used courteously in asking a person to “condescend”: 屈尊，屈駕，屈就，[qU1zun1], [qU1jia4], [qU1jiu4]↓;
屈座 host's apology to guest for giving a lower seat at dinner table.
(4) To suffer wrong, injustice: 冤屈，受屈，委屈 be accused falsely;
屈打成招 obtain confession under torture;
屈死 die under false accusation.
(2) Wrong: 理屈 shown to be unreasonable, worsted in argument.
(3) U.f. 倔 [jUe2], 91A.21 stubborn.
2.屈伏 [qU1fu2], (1) v.i., to submit to external force; (2) admit defeat in contest (also wr. 屈服).
3.屈折 [qU1zhe2], (1) adj., crooked, twisted; (2) n., & v.i., (phys.) refraction of light.
4.屈駕 [qU1jia4], v.i., (court.) please condescend to come.
5.屈就 [qU1jiu4], v.t., (court.) condescend to take up (unworthy) position.
6.屈滯 [qU1zhi4], v.i., remain in obscure position, unpromoted.
7.屈指 [qU1zhi3], see V.i. & t. 1↑.
8.屈量（兒） [qU1liang4]([er0]), v.i., fail to drink to one's capacity.
9.屈蟠 [qU1pan2], adj., twisted, entwining (tree trunks, branches).
10.屈辱 [qU1ru4], v.t., to humiliate; (p. p.) humiliated.
11.屈膝 [qU1xi1], v.i., (1) “to double knees,” sit with crossed knees: 屈膝談心 have heart-to-heart talk with knees together; (2) to kneel.
12.屈心 [qU1xin1], adj., unconscionable (=虧心), against conscience.
13.屈戍（兒） [qU1xU0], ([qU1xUe1er0]), n., a fastening for window.
14.屈尊 [qU1zun1], v.i., (court.) please “condescend” to come.
15.屈枉 [qU1wang0], v.t., falsely accuse: 不可屈枉好人 must not falsely accuse an innocent man.